Securing America’s Midstream Critical Materials Processing of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9898 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9898 To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure midstream processing of critical materials, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 1, 2024 Mr. Guthrie (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Bacon, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure midstream processing of critical materials, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Midstream Critical Materials Processing of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) midstream separation, processing, refining, alloying, concentration, smelting, and beneficiation of critical materials represent a linchpin in efforts to secure domestic supply chains and reduce our dependence on foreign adversaries; (2) unreasonable environmental regulations covering midstream critical materials processors has deterred necessary investment and driven industry towards foreign countries; (3) reshoring domestic industries and their supply chains improves economic prosperity for American communities, creates stable employment opportunities, and protects national security interests; (4) our next generation economy and domestic manufacturing industry will significantly increase demand for critical material inputs; (5) the lack of sufficient domestic midstream critical material processing capacity presen